Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

| ing a serious time with erysIpeias.
A. L, Miller has moved into hi:
new house on west Forest avenue.
Noble L. Prentiss has editorial
charge of the Newton Republican.
Last Friday the thermometer regis
tered SO. This morning %. Quite a
change.
Miss Lottie Morgan is visiting with
hel sister, Mrs. j. d. Welch, at Paw
nee Rock.
Last Saturday another distressing
railroad accident happened near Lam
aque, Pa.
Alexander Mitchell left an estate
said to be worth from SIS, 100000 to
c25, 900, 900.
The most remarkable story of the
Texas drouth is that recited by Mr..
Johnston.
Sweetest music from the silver cor
net Band, is now almost an every
evening occurrence.
The city marshal should kill off all
the surplus dogs in the city, when the
owners will not pay the required taxes.
Runawaysare becoming remarkably
frequent of late. Almost every day
we are called on to record the break
ing up Of wagon or buggy.
Bowman Bros. have traded their
Pawnee Rock mills to Geo. NJ. Shell
ley, Of Kansas City, for Texas lands,
the land being valued at some So, 600.
D. a. Banta, Of Great Bend, one
Of the ablest attorneys in the great
southwest, was in our city ON business
on the Seventh day.-Sterliag Repub-
Lcan
Our excursion will be -ometime
about the 18th instant. Help the
Normal school project along and you
will help the excursion. 1t all depends
on that.
The city dads are beginning to con-
slider the subject of lighting the streets.
That's right, and the sooner we have
the lights, the more love the people will
have for the council.
We learned Monday that the
steel rails for the street railway are
now on tie way. After considerable
trouble the ties have also been secured.
We shall soon have line connecting
the two depots.
Let your influence be thrown for
the good Of the town. Talk for the
enterprises now under way. If you
are inclined to prophecy, prophesy
good and not evil. Now is the time
for us to work in harmony.
Henry Schwier informs US that the
strange beast that raised so much ex-
element in the Clarence neighbor-
hood is still at large and terrorizing.
the people. They are still undecided
what it is, though the prevailing
opinion is that it is an American lion.
The demand in this city for boss
carpenters and first class stone masons
is daily growing greater. The large
number Of business and residence
houses now being erected, not only
furnishes employment for all our own
artizens, but great number of new
men are employed.
J. L. Baker, proprietor Of Pawnee
Rock elevator, lost forty bushels Of
corn a few days ago. After little
amateur detective business, the corn
was traced to the barn OF Edwin
Anderson, living south Of the river,
the sacks having Bakers name, being
found on Anderson's premises.
This week at Aldershot, New
Hampshire, Will be tested new vehi-
Gle, shaped like long racing boat,
ON which dozen soldiers can sit in
single file aud propel it easily at the
rate of sixteen miles an hour, and can
draw six baggage wagons after them.
This multi-cycle is steered eae;.i,v hv
one man, is affected little by rough
roads, and turns in less space than am
ordinary hanson. 1t ia an English
invention and IL not to be offered
abroad.